Permits & Passes | TRAVEL IN KAZAKHSTAN

Even if your plans do not include purchasing a full tour to the Semipalatinsk Test Site and Baikonur Cosmodrome, but you still want to visit one of these places on your own, a special permission for visiting these territories is required. We can assist you with issuing these permits, find more information below.

Also, if you need a permit or a pass to visit any industrial or other objects that have restrictions on attendance, please contact us and most likely we will be able to help you.

Semipalatinsk Test Site

To visit this territory you will need to have protective clothing (overalls, respirator, shoe covers) transport, guide, and dosimetrist with you. NNC offers such service without the package tour, however, it is not available for tourists directly. We help arrange this service and issue the permit for visiting the territory of the former test site. Our commission is 10 % of the total sum.
Time of resolution: up to 14 days from the time of receiving all the necessary information from the customer.
To obtain this permission you need to send us the scanned passport copies of all people participating in the tour and your itinerary.

Baikonur Cosmodrome

The permit to the facilities of Baikonur Cosmodrome is issued mainly for the package tours customers.
Time of resolution: 55 days prior the tour from the time of receiving all the necessary information from the customer.
To obtain this permission you need to send us the scanned passport copies, as well as information about the occupation (name of organization, state affiliation, employer) of all people participating in the tour.

Border Zone

We can also assist you in obtaining permits to stay in the border area (mountains of the Northern Tien Shan, Jungar Alatau, Altai, etc.).
The cost of a permit to visit the border zone: 9416 KZT.
Time of resolution: 2-3 weeks from the time of receiving all the necessary information from the customer.
To obtain this permission you need to send us the scanned passport copies of all people participating in the tour and your itinerary.

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